FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Sub-regional Office
for Central and Eastern Europe (SEUR)

TEAM OF SPECIALISTS ON CONTRIBUTION OF FORESTS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE

The Joint Session of the European Forestry Commission and Timber Committee in 2004 approved the FAO/UNECE Team of Specialists with the objective to enhance effectiveness of international activities intended to support and contribute to sustainable development of the forest sector in South East Europe and in CIS, notably through:
Strengthened forest management and marketing
Strengthened policy and institutional framework
Improved forest information management and communication

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

     United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Timber Committee

     United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Regional Office for Europe

     United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Europe and CIS

     Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)

     Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF)

     The World Conservation Union (IUCN) - Regional Office for Europe

CO-FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS

     Swedish Forest Agency - Skogsstyrelsen (SKS)
(Government of Sweden): support (e.g. Trust Fund) to a project on forest sector developments in Eastern Europe

     Foreign Relations Unit of Forests of Czech Republic - Lese Ceské: support to a series of workshops on capacity building on forest policies and institutions.

     German Academic Exchange Service - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD): Annual financing of consultants internships.

     Leonardo da Vinci Programme of the European Union: Financing of consultant internship together with Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia).